Historic New England

"Green Worm" Wallpaper

Vermiculated light green pattern on darker green ground.

Date: ca. 1808

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 360042

Accession Number: 1971.2180

Webelos Scouts of America uniform

Blue long sleeve uniform shirt with blue buttons, Webelos scout decorated with patches, ribbons, and pins.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 360460

Accession Number: 2023.3.1

Screened Cake Stand

Screened cake stand. Stands on four legs with hinged door. One door in front. Solid wood back and wire screen at each end and at each side of the door. Shelf has a half-circle cut out in front.

Maker: unknown

Material: wood and wood products, wire

GUSN: 360537

Accession Number: 1938.1384

Trunk

Large wooden trunk. Interior lined with London newspaper.

Date: 17th century

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 360538

Accession Number: 1945.447

Table

Rectangular table with turned legs and no drawer

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 360681

Accession Number: 2006.44.3740

Dropleaf Table

Drop Leaf Table with spiral-turned legs

Date: 1900-1950

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 360682

Accession Number: 2006.44.3741

Mattress

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 360684

Accession Number: 2006.44.3742.2AB

Box Spring

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 360685

Accession Number: 2006.44.3742.3

Fabric Fragment

Eight pieces of fabric, printed cotton; white with dark blue flowers

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 360905

Accession Number: 1984.1271.1-.8

Fabric Fragment

Printed cotton fragments; white with abstract black and brown design

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 360906

Accession Number: 1984.1272

Fabric Fragment

White fabric, creased, discolored along edges and folds.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 360907

Accession Number: 1984.1274

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragments original to Corey House (c. 1777) in Westport, Massachusetts - shapes of grey, white, and black.

Date: ca. 1777

Maker: unknown

Material: block printing (relief printing process)

GUSN: 361365

Accession Number: 2023.15.1A-F

Reproduction Wallpaper

Reproduction of wallpaper (see 2023.15.1A-F) with grey background, white and black laurel leaves and light pink diamonds with black dots with radiating white lines.

Date: 2023

Maker: Adelphi Paper Hangings, LLC

Material: block printing (relief printing process)

GUSN: 361366

Accession Number: 2023.15.2

Platter\n

Large platter with tan and gilt border and floral motif in center, original to the Eustis Estate.

Maker: unknown

Material: ceramic (material)

GUSN: 361367

Accession Number: 2023.16.1

Black leather poncho embriodered in repeating palm and scroll pattern in light pink, orange, and dark pink. Neck, edges, and cener bound with black leather and botton edges adorned with bundles of leather fringe.

Date: 1970-1979

Maker: Roberts, Samuel

Material: leather, embroidering, fringe

GUSN: 361368

Accession Number: 2023.17.1

Wallpaper Fragment

A faux birch bark wallpaper fragment.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 368304

Accession Number: 2023.21.1

Bells

Wooden board having three house-jingle bells attached

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 361414

Accession Number: 1942.437

Side chair

Side chair Prince of Wales, oval shaped back splat, containing four blue plumes, gathered at bottom with carved and painted blue ribbon. Crest decorated with delicately painted roses and greenery. Similar decoration also present on front and outer surfaces of front legs. Red and gold decoration. Squ...

Date: c. 1892-1900

Maker: A. H. Davenport Co. (American furniture manufactory, active late 19th-early 20th centuries) (Maker)

GUSN: 361554

Accession Number: 2023.36.1

Doily

Hand-made crocheted flax doily, made by Sarah Moore Towne.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 361559

Accession Number: 2023.37.2

Mirror\n

Looking glass in an oval shape with carved wooden frame. Frame is carved with decorative fruits, including blueberries and strawberries. Frame is painted black with gilt trim along interior edge.

Date: 1900-1960

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 361569

Accession Number: 2023.40.1

Fire bucket

Leather fire bucket with polychrome painted exterior. Exterior front has a green background, curling ribbon motif in yellow, white, and black reading "HENRY K, HANCOCK / UNITED FIRE SOCEITY." Below the ribbon in black is "1824." Above ribbon is "FD / 2" and at the center front of the bucket is a yel...

Date: c. 1824

Maker: unknown

Material: leather

GUSN: 361570

Accession Number: 2023.41.1

Tankard

18th century lidded silver tankard with stepped foot and stepped lid with a bell-shaped finial. Addition of a mid-19th century hallow s-curve handle with a strapwork style hinge, engraving of intitals at top, and a grotesque masked medallion at the bottom. 19th century attached spout with heart-shap...

Date: 1710-1730 with 1844 addition

Maker: Edwards, John, 1671-1746

Material: silver (metal)

GUSN: 361571

Accession Number: 2023.41.2

Decorative plate

Reticulated ceramic plate with basket weave rim having four cartouches, speckled blue glaze with gold accents, and central motif of dianthus in blues outlined with gold, painted by Hannah Kelham Hancock Hunting (1835-1905).

Date: late 19th century

Maker: unknown

Material: soft paste porcelain

GUSN: 361572

Accession Number: 2023.41.3

"Paint by Numbers" Painting

"Paint by Numbers" painitng of a Parisian city scene with the Arc de Triomphe in the backgroun.

Date: c. 1950

Maker: unknown

Material: acrylic paint

GUSN: 361573

Accession Number: 2023.41.4

Playskool Pullman "Sleep-Dolly-Sleep" toy

Metal Playskool Pullman Sleep-Dolly-Sleep toy with leather and rivet clasp and remains of a leather handle. Includes two porcelain dolls in orange pants and white shirts with embroidered orange bows, two porcelain dogs painted yellow with red dots and with white fabric "leashes," felt and fabric sea...

Date: 1938

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 361574

Accession Number: 2023.41.5

Cup\n

Silver cup with engraving on front, double banded rolled foot, top with chased line and rolled top, and gilt interior.

Date: 1830-1844

Maker: unknown

Material: coin silver

GUSN: 361575

Accession Number: 2023.41.6

Meerschaum pipe\n

Meerschaum pipe bowl with engraved silver cap and top. Given in commemoration to Oscar Hall by Stephen Badlam.

Maker: unknown

Material: meerschaum

GUSN: 361576

Accession Number: 2023.41.7

Straw

Small hank of braided straw for bonnet making

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 361623

Accession Number: 1927.766

Sheet

White flat sheet

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 361624

Accession Number: 1993.789

Chair

One from a pair of side chairs with caned seats, turned stiles and legs, four turned posts between the crest rail and splat rail

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 361661

Accession Number: 1942.4736

Chair

One of a pair of side chairs with caned seats, turned stiles and legs, four turned posts between the crest rail and splat rail

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 361662

Accession Number: 1942.4737

Pair of Doorknobs

Pair of decorative glass door knobs from the veranda of the Jonathan and Mary L. Stone residence (built 1875-1876), 26 High Street, Revere, Massachusetts.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 361666

Accession Number: 2022.1.3AB

Child's Stay

Child's linen stays a with reinforced central busk and channels along the front, sides, and rear.

Date: 1775-1800

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (hair), cotton (textile), linen (material)

GUSN: 361689

Accession Number: 2023.43.1

Bible

Large leather bound copy of the Bible, Philadelphia, Printed and published by M. Carey, No. 121 Chesnut St. 1816.

Date: 1816

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), leather

GUSN: 361707

Accession Number: 1977.189

Bed warmer

Brass bed warming pan.

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy)

GUSN: 361723

Accession Number: 1918.1481

Plate

Pewter plate, SE in Crown.

Maker: unknown

Material: pewter (tin alloy)

GUSN: 361736

Accession Number: 1958.69

Print

Print of George Washington in Aesthetic Movement carved and gilded frame. Frame is painted black and gilded interior features decorative flowers and gadrooning.

Date: 1893-1943

Maker: Foster Brothers

Material: wood (plant material), gilding, gadrooning, prints (visual works)

GUSN: 361759

Accession Number: 2023.44.1

Silhouette

Framed oval silhouette of George Washington

Date: 1893-1943

Maker: Foster Brothers

Material: paper (fiber product), silhouettes

GUSN: 361760

Accession Number: 2023.44.2

Silhouette

Framed oval silhouette of Martha Washington

Date: 1893-1943

Maker: Foster Brothers

Material: paper (fiber product), wood (plant material), silhouettes

GUSN: 361761

Accession Number: 2023.44.3

Bandbox

Bandbox with fitted cover and covered by wallpaper with design of green and white flowers separated by green and white decorative borders. Interior is lined with an October 1825 edition of the Newport Mercury. Name "Caroline Holley" written inside.

Date: 1825

Maker: unknown

Material: wallpapers, newspapers

GUSN: 361764

Accession Number: 2023.45.1AB